# Accident 20080727844559A: Cessna 172N, Mcmurray, WA, July 27, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2008, 14:39 local time
- Place: Mcmurray, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3017° N, 122.1092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3017&lon=-122.1092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75558, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75558-2011-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 14,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080727844559A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 27, 2008 AT 1439 PDT, CESSNA 172N, N75558, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TREES WHILE IN DESCENT MANUEVER NEAR MCMURRY WASHINGTON, APPROXIMATELY 9.3 MILES NORTH OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON.  THE COMMERICAL PILOT AND HER TWO PASSENGERS WERE KILLED,  THE PILOT WAS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ROCHE HARBOR AIRPORT (WA09), ROCHE HARBOR WASHINGTON AT ABOUT 1402 PDT, WITH INTENT TO FLY TO AUBURN, WASHINGTON.  CLOUDS AND RAIN WERE REPORTED IN THE ARLINGTON AREA.  AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED MISSING, AN ALERT NOTIFICATION (ALNOT) WAS ISSUED, AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED BY AIR UNITS AT APPROXIMATELY 2120,JULY 27.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08FA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA246), Jul 27, 2008: Cessna 172N (N75558), McMurray, WA, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to continue VFR flight into instrument meteorological weather conditions. Contributing to the accident were low ceilings, reduced visibility, and mountainous terrain.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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